Blanche SELVA

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Composer, Singer & Musician

FrenchBorn Marie Blanche SELVA

French pianist, music educator, writer and composer

Born on January 29, 1884 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France , France

Died on December 3, 1942 in Saint-Amant-Tallende, France

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Blanche Selva was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde in Corrèze. As a child she studied piano with a number of teachers, took preparatory classes with Sophie Chéné, and was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 1893. She studied with Alphonse Duvernoy and won a medal in competition, but left the Conservatory without graduating.



Her family moved to Geneva, and Selva began giving concerts at the age of 13 in Lausanne. She studied with Vincent d'Indy in Valencia, and became a professor at the Schola Cantorum de Paris in December 1901, later taking positions at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, the École Normale de Musique in Paris, and the Prague Conservatory.

...   Blanche Selva was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde in Corrèze. As a child she studied piano with a number of teachers, took preparatory classes with Sophie Chéné, and was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 1893. She studied with Alphonse Duvernoy and won a medal in competition, but left the Conservatory without graduating.



Her family moved to Geneva, and Selva began giving concerts at the age of 13 in Lausanne. She studied with Vincent d'Indy in Valencia, and became a professor at the Schola Cantorum de Paris in December 1901, later taking positions at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, the École Normale de Musique in Paris, and the Prague Conservatory.



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